Needle-loom.



No. 746,581. PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903.

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NEEDLE LooM.

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ATTORNEYSif -No'. 746581.. PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1903.

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Patented December 8, 1903.

UNITE ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

BASIL SANER, OF HALEDON, NEW JERSEY.

NEEDLE-LOOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,581, dated December 8, 1903. Application filed February 5, 1903. Serial No. 142,062. (No model.)

T at whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, BASIL SANER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Haledon, in the county of Passaie and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Needle-Looms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to looms, and it has reference particularly to needle-looms.

The object of the invention is to improve upon looms of this nature in reference especially to several of their principal or essential mechanisms, so as to not only simplify their construction, but so to perfect their operations as to make. possible an increase in the speed of the loom, reduce to the minimum the possibility of accidents or other mishaps producing waste of time and damage to the goods, and ingeneral to add to their efficiency.

Myinvention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved loom. Fig. 2 is a view in front ele- Vation, slightlyenlarged, of the batten and parts carried thereby. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view on the line at a in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing one of the sheds of the warp and the parts which lay the filler in the shed in a series of loops and secure each loop by a binder-thread. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation, showing one of the take-up devices. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views showing certain tension devices for the filler. Fig. 8 is a view in side elevation of one of the binder-shuttles, showing it secured in its holder. Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively a top plan view and an underneath view of the bottom and top member of a holder for the binder-shuttles, and Fig. 11 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a binder-shuttle and of its contained mechanism.

Theimprovements constituting my present invention are applied, as illustrated, to a ribbon-loom of the type commonly known as a double-deckerjtwo sets of goods in different horizontal planes being woven simultaneoii'sly.

In said drawings, a is the loom-frame, and b the main drive-shaft.

c is the batten, suspended by means of layswords d and driven from fly-wheels e on shaft 19 by pitmen f, (only one fly-wheel and one pitman being shown in the drawings.) To the back of the batten is secured a vertical sheet-metal plate g, having vertieal'openings h in staggered arrangement formed in it and carrying at the top what may be designated as an auxiliary batten 2'. In front of each opening in plate 9 the rear upper edge of the batten c and the lower rear edge of auxiliary batten dare formed with sockets j is, respectively, in which seat the reeds Z, each reed being secured in place at the free end thereof by a clip m, pivoted on the plate 9.

As is often the case in looms of this type,.

the warps n are taken from bobbins (not shown) arranged at the back upper portion of the loom. From said bobbins each warp passes downwardly in thepresent case around rods 0, carried in suitable supports 10, thence forwardly through the harness q and reeds l, thence around rods r on the breast-beam s, and thence downwardly (now a part of the finished goods) around the sand roller 25, thence over a tension-roller u, thence back arounda rod 0), over a roller 10, with which a pressure-roller {I}, mounted in a pivoted arm y, coacts, to be finally deposited in a box 2', disposed at the back of the loom, where it is very readily accessible to the helper collecting the finished goods.

Each roller 'u. is carried by'a bracket 1, which is pivoted in a support 2 on a rail 3, extending parallel with and under the batten. An adjustable weight 4 is carried by the bracket 1, being useful in adjusting the tension of roller u.

The sand-roller t is driven by any suitable take-up mechanism 5, itself actuated from the batten c by a flexible connection 6.

The filler is supplied from bobbins 7, arranged at the back of the loom, and passes forward, being first engaged by tension devices, of which one is shown in Fig. 7. To a ICO plate 8 at the back of the loom are secured one of these tension devices and from thence extends forwardly through an eyeletlG, which engages the thread at a point between two of the rods 0 and is normally pulled downwardly by a spiral spring 17, connecting said eyelet with the support 19. From the eyelet the thread extends forwardly through one of the openings h in plate 9. The filler-thread is marked 18. The thread of the filler being in each case projected through the shed of the warp in a series of loops, the binderthread 19 is passed through it, so as to secure the loop on the side of the goods which is the farther from that where the filler enters the sheds.

1 will now describe the manner in which the filler and the binder threads are worked into the weave.

2O designates a series of brackets which span slots 21 22, respectively formed in the upper and under faces of the battens c and 2'. In these brackets are arranged to slide rods 23 24. The two rods 23 are connected by a lever 25, pivoted centrally in a bracket 26 and having its ends formed with longitudinal slots 27, receiving pins 28, projecting from the rods. By virtue of lever the rods are only capable of moving in reverse directions. The rods are reciprocated from a rocking arm 29, fulcrumed in a bracket 30 near its lower end and formed at its upper end with a slot 31, receiving the pin 28 on the lower rod 23.

32 designates levers fulcrumed in a suitable stand 33 and having their free ends connected by means of flexible connections 34 to the rocking arm 29 at opposite sides of its fulcrum in bracket 30 in such manner that the vibration of either lever means to rock the arm in one direction, while the vibration of the other lever causes it to rock in the other direction. Levers 32 are actuated from corresponding cams 35 on a camshaft 36, which is driven by gearing 37 from shaft 1). Rods 24 are normally pulled in opposite directions by spiral springs 38. They are pulled against the tension of the springs, each reversely to the corresponding rod 23, by a flexible connection 39, which passes around a pulley 40 and thence downwardly, where its end is connected to one of the levers 32.

On each rod 24 is secured a series of vertical brackets 41. In each of these brackets is adjustably arranged a needle 42, having its free end formed with an eyelet 43. The needles 42 on the lower rod 24 project reversely to those on the upper rod. Each bracket is adjustably secured on the rod by a set-screw 44.

On the rods 23 are arranged other vertical brackets 45, adjustably secured by means of set-screws 46. These rods carry the holders illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, and 10 in detail, the holders on the lower rod 23 projecting reversely to those on the upper rod 23. Each holder consists of normally parallel members 47 and 48, the former of which is secured directly to the bracket 45, and the latter of which is pivoted at 49 on the member 47. A spring 50, secured to an enlargement 51 on member 47 and bearing against member 48, keeps the latter against a flat surface 52 on the enlargement. The adjoining faces of the members of the holder are provided with sockets, which I have produced in the present instance by bending a wire 53 into substantially continuous form and soldering the same to said member. Thesesockets receive the flattened ends of the shuttle 54, which is in the form of a shell, having its front and rear faces substantially parallel, but inclined relatively to the planes of its top and bottom. The filler-thread 18, which is adapted to be projected by the needle into the shed in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4, is intended as it advances, moving oppositely to the corresponding shuttle advanced by its holder, to find its way between the top of the shuttle and member 48, and then as the needle and holder recede to find its way back between the bottom of the shuttle and the member 47. It is to facilitate this action, therefore, that the extreme front and rear surfaces, as at 55 56 in Fig. 8, areinclined, as above describod,and to insure the filler-thread properly finding its way along these inclined faces the ends or tips of the shuttle formed at its front lower corner and its rear upper corner are sheathedw in slightly-inclined deflectors 57, integrally formed on the members of the holder.

The supply of binder thread, it should be stated, is carried in the shell 54, from whence it is fed through an opening 58 in the side of the shell. The effect of the above-described operation of the parts is therefore to carry that end of the thread which is contained-in the shuttle through the loops formed in the filler. In the bottom wall of the shell 54 is secured a vertical spindle 59, and on this spindle is arranged to rotate a disk 60, carrying a tube or cylinder 61, constituting the holder for the shell 62, on which the cop 63 is wound, a spiral tension-spring 64 being coiled around said spindle and connected at one end to the spin-dle and at the other end to shell 61. 65 is the plate-spring, which bears against the periphery of the disk 60, acting as a brake.

It should be remarked that roller w is driven by a belt 66 from shaft 36, so as to assist in advancing the woven goods.

Each time the batten swings back and the shed is at the same time opened one of the levers 32 is caused to be depressed by its cam 35. The cams are arranged so that they act alternately to depress said levers. The de-. pression of a lever 32 effects the rocking of arm 29 either to the one or the other of its extremes of movement and a corresponding shifting in opposite directions in an obvious manner of rods 23 and the parts, including shuttles 54, which they carry. Said depression also effects a pull on flexible connections 39, which being extended in relatively reverse directions around the pulleys 40'pull sliderods 24 and the parts they carry, including the filler-carrying needles, in relatively reverse directions. Each set of filler-carrying needles and binder-shuttles is projected into the sheds, the shuttles moving reversely to the needles when one of the levers 32 is depressed. When the other is depressed, the needles and shuttles recede. This advancing and receding of the needles and shuttles in relatively opposite directions efiects the interlocking of the filler and binder threads in the manner already sufficiently described. It will be understood that when the shuttles and needles are caused to recede the batten moves forward, beating up the loop of filler that has been laid in each shed, and that when it has again moved back the coincident opening of the sheds has involved crossing the warps, so that said loops are duly incor porated in the webs.

It will be understood thatin order that the filler-thread may readily pass around the binder-shuttle between the latter and each of its holding members 47 and'48, said members should only be made to engage the shuttle but lightly, though not so lightly that there will be any chance of uumonnting the shuttle. The chance of unmounting the shuttle inadvertently will be found to be fully overcome by having the shuttle engage the members in the sockets formed by the wires 53.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a loom, the combination of the frame, a batten, a reed on said batten, warp-controlling means, means for laying the filler in the Warp-sheds in aseries of loops, and means for passing the end of a binder-thread through the successive loops comprising a shuttle and holding members therefor engaging said shuttle substantially at opposite points thereon and one of which is yielding relatively to the other, the filler-being adapted to be passed around the shuttle between the same and its holding members and each of said members having a socket receiving said shuttle, substantially as described.

2. In a loom, the combination of the frame, the batten, a reed on said batten, warp-controlling means, means for laying the filler in the warp-sheds in a series of loops, means for passing the end of a binder-thread through the successive loops comprising a shuttle and holding members therefor engaging said shuttle substantially at opposite points thereon and one of which is yielding relatively to the other, the filler being adapted to be passed around the shuttle between the same and said members and said shuttle having its extreme end surfaces approximately parallel and inclined substantially from the one to the other of the surfaces engaged by said members, and deflectors arranged on said members adjacent the ends or tips of said shuttle, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of February, 1903.

BASIL SANER.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, ROBERT J. POLLITT. 

